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Originally Posted by OzukakiBurasuki
Why is it better to write 晩ご飯 rather than 晩御飯?
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Because the kanji 御 has so many strokes in it for the "little" meaning it carries. You need to ask yourself if you would take the time to write it it kanji if you were handwriting it. Would you use 御茶 instead of お茶 everytime you say "tea", which is such an often-used word in Japanese culture (thus in the Japanese language)?
This is not the same thing as writing 学校、東京、図書館, etc. in kana. If you write these in kana, you are either a 7-year-old or a near-illiterate adult.
Writing 晩ご飯 all in kanji will NOT make you look more educated. Instead, it will make you less educated than what you really are. If someone insists using 晩御飯, then that person will have no choice but to write the honorific in kanji all the time, meaning he will be writing words and phrases like 御友達、御元気ですか、御買物、御祭, 御父さん、御母さん、etc. If you are determined to do this all your life, then by all means, use 晩御飯.